US News Police shoot 'armed' man dead in London as the capital struggles to contain wave of violence: Armed officers kill man as he walks the streets 'with a gun' and makes 'threats'

01:36 10 april 2018

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Teenage girl dead and boy hurt in London shootings

A 17-year-old girl has died and a 16-year-old boy is fighting for his life after separate shootings in London. The girl was found with gunshot wounds in Tottenham, north London, after emergency crews were called shortly after 9:30pm on Monday.Paramedics battled to save the teenager but she was pronounced dead at the scene in Chalgrove Road at 10.43pm.In another incident, a 16-year-old boy was found with gunshot injuries in Walthamstow, east London.Police and London Ambulance Service were called to reports of gun fire in Markhouse Road at around 10pm.

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It came as the unit patrolled the streets of east London , responding to calls including a man armed with a knife in the street and an attempted robbery by a masked gang. On Friday afternoon a section 60 order, granting police stop and search powers across the Borough of Newham

At 4.45am, just under an hour later, the man was then shot dead by officers at the Esso petrol station near Collier Row Road and Lodge Lane. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5.17am.

'Violent scourge' on London streets as murder figures overtake New York

London police investigated more murders than New York over the last two months, statistics show, as the mayor's office condemned a "violent scourge" on the city's streets after another weekend of bloodshed. A 17-year-old girl died after she was found with gunshot wounds in Tottenham, north London, and a man was fatally stabbed in south London on Sunday."The Mayor is deeply concerned by violent crime in the capital - every life lost to violent crime is a tragedy," a spokeswoman for London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement on Tuesday.

Police shoot ' armed ' man dead in London as the capital struggles to contain wave of violence : Armed officers kill man as he walks the streets ' with a gun ' and makes ' threats '. 'You are the most evil horrific monster walking this Earth'

Police shoot ' armed ' man dead in London as the capital struggles to contain wave of violence : Armed officers kill man as he walks the streets ' with a gun ' and makes ' threats '. 'You are the most evil horrific monster walking this Earth'

Residents near to the petrol station described hearing two shots during the tense stand-off.

Resident Tracy Green, 39, who lives near the garage, said: "I heard the gun shots - it was at about 4.45am. I just heard 'bang bang' and thought that sounded like gun shots - it was really close to here so it woke me up.

"There were armed response vehicles so it was obvious someone had been shot. There were four, they were in the garage and out here.

Pensioner held after man stabbed during burglary

<p>A 78-year-old has been arrested after a man was stabbed during a suspected burglary and later died.</p>Police were called to a house in Hither Green, south London, at 12.45am to reports of a break-in in progress.

Police shoot ' armed ' man dead in London as the capital struggles to contain wave of violence : Armed officers kill man as he walks the streets ' with a gun ' and makes ' threats '. 'You are the most evil horrific monster walking this Earth'

We have a huge amount of Police on tonight and have stopped a car with four armed men already. The distraught mother, who has now lost two sons to knife violence in the capital , said: ' Police 'My family have been attacked with guns and knives on the estate and other places in London .

"It was all done, I was here about ten minutes after it happened so I didn't hear the shots. I just heard all the sirens. There was an ambulance parked here too."

Forensic detectives could be seen sweeping the garage forecourt for clues this morning.

The incident has also been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. One onlooker wrote on Twitter: 'Body in concourse Collier Row petrol station.'

One resident said: 'We are waiting to hear what happened, it's at the top of my road and too close to home.'

Romford's Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell tweeted: 'Shocking incident in Collier Row today, just relieved that no member of the public has been harmed. Thank you to the Police for protecting our community.

'Crime in Havering is rising- Mayor Khan, you have a duty to allocate more resources to our borough!'

A spokesman for Independent Office for Police Conduct, said: 'We are investigating a fatal police shooting in Romford this morning.

'We were notified of the incident in Collier Row Road, Romford, by the MPS earlier this morning. We have deployed investigators to the scene and to police post-incident procedure to begin inquiries.'

London violence 'more intense now' says ex-gang member .
As knife and gun crime rises to record levels on London's streets, police say they are focusing on the scores of gangs whose battles for control of the capital are, they say, fuelling the violence. With more than 50 deaths so far this year bringing London's murder rate above New York City, former gang member Sheldon Thomas showed Sky where he mentors young people – hoping to show them that gang life is not the only choice.Just yards away from the glitzy Westfield shopping centre in east London, he shows us round an estate where he says the local gang "have drug dealers aged as young as 10".

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Police shoot ' armed ' man dead in London as the capital struggles to contain wave of violence : Armed officers kill man as he walks the streets ' with a gun ' and makes ' threats '. 'You are the most evil horrific monster walking this Earth'

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